TOP 10 LIST WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE SENATE BILL (link)
1. HIGHER PREMIUMS: If you pay for your own insurance, your premiums will cost 10% to 13% more than if the bill didn’t pass (per CBO.) Insurance won’t be more affordable. 60% of the newly insured are being enrolled in Medicaid (the public program for the poor.)
2. MANDATORY & COSTLY: Buying insurance will be mandatory. A family earning $54,000 will be expected to pay $9,000 (17% of pre-tax income) for the premium, co-pays and deductibles (per CBO.) If you don’t enroll, the IRS will find you and penalize you (Senate bill, p. 345).
3. ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL HEALTH PLAN: Your benefit package will be prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services…Whether you pay for it yourself or qualify for a subsidy, your benefits are the same….The goal is to discourage health consumption and differences based on ability to pay.
4. SIN TAX ON YOUR GENEROUS PLAN AT WORK: This is another equalizer to discourage some people from getting more than others. The Senate bill puts a 40% tax on Cadillac plans (p. 1,980). About one-fifth of employer-provided plans fall into that “luxury” category. The CBO predicts that employers will downgrade your coverage to avoid the tax or reduce your take home pay.
5. GOVERNMENT WILL CONTROL YOUR DOCTORS’ DECISIONS: The Senate bill bars doctors from participating in the private insurance system unless they implement the HHS regulations (p. 149).
6. HOSPITALS CLOSED TO SENIORS: The House and Senate bills slash payments to hospitals and other institutions that care for seniors. The chief actuary for Medicare, Richard Foster, warns that cuts in the House bill are so severe that some institutions may face severe losses or end their participation in Medicare (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 11/13/09 report). (see Walgreens: no new Medicaid patients as of April 16)
7. BARE-BONES HOSPITAL CARE: Patients of all ages (and all incomes) will suffer when hospitals are in financial distress. Hospital budget cuts will mean shortages of nurses, equipment and cleaning staff.
8. FUTURE MEDICARE CUTS: The Senate bill establishes an Independent Medicare Advisory Commission to make automatic spending reductions…You won’t get as much care as people in Medicare currently get.
9. NEW SOCIAL AGENDA: Money is allocated for adult preparation activities, including lessons on positive self-esteem and relationship dynamics, friendships, dating (and) romantic involvement (Senate bill, p.612). There are also giveaways to immigrants. The Senate bill hands low-income legal immigrants government subsidies as soon as they get here, instead of waiting the five years Medicaid requires (Senate bill, p. 274).
10. YOUR MEDICAL DATA NOT PRIVATE: What happens in your doctor’s office must be recorded in an electronic data base that can send the information to insurers and other medical offices (Senate bill, p. 62-66). (see UK’s medical records go online without patients’ consent)

New Government Powers (WSJ)
• Sec. 59b (pp. 297-299) says that when you file your taxes, you must include proof that you are in a qualified plan. If not, you will be fined thousands of dollars. Illegal immigrants are exempt from this requirement.
• Sec. 224 (p. 118) provides that 18 months after the bill becomes law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services will decide what a “qualified plan” covers and how much you’ll be legally required to pay for it. That’s like a banker telling you to sign the loan agreement now, then filling in the interest rate and repayment terms 18 months later.
• JAIL TIME & PENALTY: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail: as explained by the letter from the Joint Committe on Taxation (PDF) and handwritten note
(H/t: IUSB vision, Politico, Drudge 11/6/09)

Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or
defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall,
in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a
felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than$100,000 ($500,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not
more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

More negative items (GOP, Mike Pence)• RAISES TAXES ON MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES
• MASSIVE CUTS TO MEDICARE BENEFITS FOR SENIORS
• NO PROTECTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ON 8% PENALTY
• INCREASES THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE:
New $2 billion tax on insurance policies will be passed on to patients, changes to the Medicare.
• USES GIMMICKS TO HIDE BUDGET-BUSTING COST, PILES UP DEBT ON FUTURE GENERATIONS. Democrats have simply swept costly provisions under the rug, including the $245 billion ‘doc fix.’
• IMPOSES JOB-KILLING EMPLOYER MANDATES
According to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s largest small business association, an employer mandate of this magnitude will disproportionately impact small businesses, triggering up to 1.6 million lost jobs. Two-thirds of those jobs would be shed by small businesses.
• FAVORS GOVERNMENT-RUN INSURANCE COMPANY
The bill provides billions in start-up funding for the government-run plan, and while it requires the plan to repay the money over time it does not require the plan to pay interest on this “loan.” This interest-free, taxpayer-subsidized loan is potentially worth millions of dollars and tilts the playing field in favor of the government-run plan.
• THREATENS CASH-STRAPPED STATES WITH UNFUNDED MANDATES by expanding Medicaid eligibility. Medicaid is financed through a federal-state partnership, but the bill dumps nearly 10% of the mandated expansion included in the bill onto the states.
• CREATES A NEW MONSTROSITY IN THE TAX CODE
Starting in 2011, Speaker Pelosi’s health care bill imposes a 5.4% tax on adjusted gross income above $500,000 for individuals ($1 million for married couples). Yet, the dollar amounts for which the tax kicks in are not indexed for inflation.
• WILL NOT REDUCE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS

HOUSE HEALTH CARE BILL (H.R.3200)
● EUTHANASIA:
-Government to mandate End of Life counseling & treatment (aka “Advance Care Planning Consultation”) on “the use of artificially administered nutrition and hydration” (H.R.3200, Section 1233, page 424)
-Government order for end of life plans (p. 429)
● GOVERNMENT INTRUSION:
-Government will have real-time access to individual’s finances, if elegible for specific medical service. National health care ID card (p.58)
-Government-established National Medical Device Registry (p. 1001)
-Government Marriage & Family therapy sessions (p. 489)
-Government will design and implement the Home Visitation Program for families with young children and families expecting children, parenting counseling is included (p. 838-p. 845)
● LEFTISTS TO REGISTER INDIVIDUALS:
Government use of left-wing community groups, such as ACORN and AmeriCorps, to register individuals for the government health care plan (p. 95)
● CAN’T SUE THE GOVERNMENT:
No company or business can sue the federal government for price fixing, which means that there will be no judicial review against a government monopoly of the health care industry (p. 124)
● ILEGALS EXEMPT FROM TAXES & FINES:
Any nonresident alien is exempt from the individual taxes, insurance purchasing mandates, and fines which are required of every legal, U.S. citizens (p. 170).
● RESTRICT ENROLLMENT:
Government will restrict the enrollment of special needs people (p. 354)

● Some people say they were without insurance even if they only spent a portion of the year without coverage. (Census report, page 19)
Leftists like to cite 46 million uninsured to make it sound that 25% of U.S. citizens never, ever, have insurance coverage.
● The Census report list the number of people who are uninsured at a SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME during the year than for the entire year. (Census report, page 19)

The 47 Million Lie (cartoon by MichaelRamirez/IBD)

● Approx. 5.7 million uninsured adults are “short-term uninsured,” (because they’re between jobs or recent college graduates. (BlueCross Assoc.)
● 21 million to 31 million people were uninsured for the ENTIRE YEAR (CBO)
● 14 million of the uninsured were eligible (but chose not) to enroll in government-sponsored health programs like Medicaid and SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) (BlueCross Assoc.)
These people would be signed up for government insurance if they ever made it to the emergency room.
● More than 13 million uninsured adults and families have incomes of more than $50,000,
and many have access to affordable healthcare coverage (BlueCross Assoc.)
● In 2006, almost 18 million of the uninsured earned more than $50,000 a year. (Census, p.21)
● In 2006, almost 10 million of them have an income of more than $75,000 a year (Census, p.21)
In other words, 38 percent of the U.S. uninsured population earn more than $50,000 per year.
● Those making more than $75,000 per year are part of the fastest growing segment of the uninsured population.
(Top 10 Myths of the U.S. Health Care)
● 18.3 million of the uninsured were adults under 34 who think they are young and healthy and choose not to have coverage (Census 2007)

● CANADA’s Government-run healthcare:Dirty hospitals:○ Floors littered with plastic seals that nurses take off IV packs & toss to the floor.○ Bloody bandages are tossed into a corner to stay there for days.○ Spilled food and drinks are left to be ground into the floors.○ Bed linens are changed only after the patient is discharged.○ Hospital staff ignore the filth on nearly every hospital surface.High costs, poor quality:○ Costs have escalated with little or no improvement since the Canada Health Act was first passed back in 1984.○ 25% of Canadians (over 7 million) do not have access to a primary care physician.○ More than 2 years wait times for routine life-saving procedures.○ 3rd highest in costs out of 30 countries, while healthcare outcomes are a dismal 28th.○ Half of Canada’s government budget is spent on healthcare with little improvement but unions want more spending.○ The problem isn’t lack of money but lack of physicians.○ Most individuals working within the Canadian healthcare system are demoralized to near catatonia.○ Waste and bureaucratic gridlock currently plague the Canadian system.
● ObamaCare will hurt your family:○ Undermines Parental Authority○ Puts Federal Bureaucrats in Control of Health Care Decisions○ Shackles Families with Unknown Costs○ Dumps Families into a Government-Run Health Plan (Employers would be incentivized to drop private coverage)○ Disregards Convictions of Patients and Providers○ Makes Bureaucrats Moral Decision-makers (end-of-life decisions, prenatal care, abortions)
● Government-Run Health Care Will Harm Both Patients and Doctors
● Government will be in charge of your health data… goodbye privacy

● ObamaCare masterminds said how they wanted to destroy private insurance
Their goal: Private insurance will not be able to compete against government:
Their tactic: “to crowd out the private insurers by undercutting them on price. After all, the government can take losses on the plan for as long as they need to drive everyone else out of the market. Once that process completes, voila! Single-payer remains as the only option.” (Hat tip: Mark Levin)

● Democrat Admits Obama Healthcare Plan Will Destroy Insurance Industry
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Admits Obama Healthcare Plan Will Destroy Insurance Industry:
“I know many of you here today are single payer advocates and so am I … and those of us who are pushing for a public health insurance don’t disagree with this goal. This is not a principled fight. This is a fight about strategy for getting there and I believe we will.”Liberals don’t want you to see this video
She said the public option is not a compromise, but a strategic step toward the single-payer system and the elimination of the private insurance industry…more

Trojan horse: “Obama says 100,000 deaths a year in U.S. hospitals”FACT: NOT TRUE 100,000 DEATHS PER YEAR IN U.S. HOSPITALS
About 9,800 preventable deaths occur each year in U.S. hospitals – according to the re-evaluation done by some researchers of the original study which used fuzzy math. Obama cited the figures of the erroneous original study. (Hat tip: PointOfLaw, Michelle Malkin)

Trojan horse: “Government is here to help”FACT: KNOW THY OBAMISTA
● OBAMACARE OBJECTIVE: To control Americans
● REALITY OF GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTHCARE: Control, rationing, long waits, poor service…
● TACTICS: Trojan horses, demagoguery, bullying, demonizing the opposition○ Obamistas using same tactics that advocates of universal healthcare used in Canada to push their agenda:– Vilifying doctors: to the point that many skilled physicians said “no thanks” and left for greener pastures (i.e., to the US)– False promises: of containment of costs and improvement of quality, none of which anyone would argue against.

Canadians warn us: Government healthcare too good to be true
“Obamacare may sound like a good deal to someone who currently isn’t covered under any health insurance in the US. But in terms of an overall improvement in outcome vs. expenditure, it could prove to be one of the single most disastrous decisions ever made on behalf of Americans. In this case, the admonition that you should be careful what you wish for because you just might get it, is a warning that can’t be made strongly enough.”

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